What is the near focus in feet?
42587
I am not sure, but I will say they are fixed focus...there is no adjustment device. I have not been satisfied with these because of this.
42588
My dad uses them to watch our wide screen TV that is 11FT away. As he has Macular Degeneration. He can't read the Text, but he can see the images very clearly, and the whole screen. He loves them as there is no focus control to mess with.
42589
I agree that is about 20 feet. Somewhat acceptable at shorter distance, but at 20 ft images such as a license plate are seen comfortably. Very useful for its design uses.
42590
I don't have an exact answer, but I was curious myself so I gave it a test. First off, I wear bifocals. I purchased my Bushnell Spectator Sport binoculars specifically for San Diego Charger home games. I wear contact's as well for distance. I wear the contact lenses at the Charger games because I do not find using binoculars with eyeglasses a good experience. I put in my contact lenses this morning and grabbed my Bushnell binoculars and headed to my living room. I found that objects 20' away were in focus and those 10' away weren't. I don't know if it would make a difference if I had (still had) 20/20 vision. Being that these binoculars were designed for spectator sports I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't focus up close. For the purpose I bought them for they work better than I imagined. The field of vision is outstanding. While I haven't used them at any other venue so far, I have no reason to believe they wouldn't work great at a play, concert, etc. If you want to see more of what's in front of you without panning back and forth then these are great binoculars. If you want to focus on a particular player or person far away and don't care about what is happening elsewhere on the field (or stage) then they are not.
1765419
The depth of field is very narrow and varies with other parameters, such as level of magnification, available light, etc. I had difficultly in getting entire salt and sugar crystals in focus. We found this device most useful in getting a modest resolution image of a small object up on a big monitor for group viewing, such as this lithic point shown on a 24" monitor: <http://ioccnysaa.blogspot.com/2014_02_01_archive.html> (scroll down to "Winter Laboratory Sessions" for image).
427770
The focus is adjustable by two rotary knobs, one on each side of the binoculars. They are located where the lens meets the temples. They are focusable from 10 feet to infinity.
238185
I am not sure, but I wish they did have a wider view. However, after having my vision corrected to mono vision (one eye for long distance/one for reading) these actually can focus to the degree that I can see clearly though both eyes.
1092482
You have to be really close to what you're taking a picture of. Like 1cm away if not less.
452516
If you want 1/2 to life size extreme close-up capability this is not the lens. The focus ring scales indicate focusing upon a subject as close as .82 ft. At the 18mm setting that will capture a horizontal field of view of about 8 inches wide with the lens about 4 to 5 inches from the subject. At 55mm the horizontal field of view is about 5 inches wide with the lens about 8 or 9 inches from the subject.
1239751
This lens has a wider view so you see more. It's a little heaver and bulkier than the 85mm, but you can stand much closer to an object that you want to have in focus (12 inches) as opposed to the 85mm (about 3-4 feet).
849353
Anything closer than about 50-75 feet will be out of focus. Beyond that they are great. These are auto-focus and you can not adjust the focus manually.
464948
It's a little hard to answer; the lens sits about an inch off the surface, and there is a zoom as wall as a focus...I can tell you that this device is like a litte pocket microscope, easy to use and very powerful.
2267400
If you're asking what the nearest object it can focus on is, that's 14 ft (4.6 m).
862229
No automatic focus though it does have a reasonable amount of depth of field, I would say generally 10 to 20 feet depending on the zoom.How close you can see things, depending on the zoom, is quite close. A sparrow at 100 yards and full 55x zoom will appear quite close and fill the eye piece. However, having used this on walks, a pair of binoculars for that kind of viewing would be much better as the trick then becomes holding such a small (effectively telescope) still enough to enjoy the view.
1379828
I am just guessing but I assume it is 2 and 1/2 magnification; I have one of these and the cord that you put around your neck can be adjusted to bring your work into focus so I wouldn't worry about it. I love mine! Well worth the money!
2093266
Yes, the biult-in IR illuminator allows one to see pretty well up to 30 yards when in near complete darkness. But you don't want to look at the ground in front of your feet 'cause the image you see is not true 1x. Bascially the ground will look closer than it actually is when using the NVD and it is hard to not stumble when navigating this way. Use one eye with the device to look ahead, use the other to glance at what is in front of your feet. If its too dark to see whats in front of you with your unaided eye, then tuff luck. A good headleamp may be more pratictal for trail walking.
479621
It has good center sharpness down to about one foot. It still gets a focus down to about 7 inches, and you have to look very closely to realize that the sharpness is falling off a bit. Any closer than 7 inches, it does not focus at all, as far as I can tell.
466968
No, it's a fixed magnification. You can adjust the focus by getting closer or farther away from the object you're magnifying.
1933620
Between 3 to 5 meters back, but really how many meters do not care a lot. What you should care is the relation about the focal distance and the distances in the subject. IE, from the tip of the nose to the eyebrows there are usually 30mm and from the eyebrow to the tip of the ears lets say 60 mm if you use a 22mm lens to do a full face portrait and focuses the eyebrows the nose will be bigger and the ears will be smaller than the ones in the subject. To do people´s video or photo I recommend a longer lens. A35-105mm, 28-135mm or 70 200 mm lens will make your life easier. Also with a longer lens is easier to blur the background Between 3 to 5 meters back, but really how many meters do not care a lot. What you should care is the relation about the focal distance and the distances in the subject. IE, from the tip of the nose to the eyebrows there are usually 30mm and from the eyebrow to the tip of the ears lets say 60 mm if you use a 22mm lens to do a full face portrait and focuses the eyebrows the nose will be bigger and the ears will be smaller than the ones in the subject. To do people´s video or photo I recommend a longer lens. A35-105mm, 28-135mm or 70 200 mm lens will make your life easier. Also with a longer... » Read More Between 3 to 5 meters back, but really how many meters do not care a lot. What you should care is the relation about the focal distance and the distances in the subject. IE, from the tip of the nose to the eyebrows there are usually 30mm and from the eyebrow to the tip of the ears lets say 60 mm if you use a 22mm lens to do a full face portrait and focuses the eyebrows the nose will be bigger and the ears will be smaller than the ones in the subject. To do people´s video or photo I recommend a longer lens. A35-105mm, 28-135mm or 70 200 mm lens will make your life easier. Also with a longer lens is easier to blur the background « Show Less
1284602
the first marking is for 25 yards, it does dial down less than that, but it would be a guess, I think everything is in focus at less than 25 yards anyway.